I don't disagree that the NV makes perfect financial sense for them to use as the platform for an HD Titan should they decide to go with an HD version at all. But, that doesn't speak to a light duty (1/2 ton) Titan.

919Titan

06-30-2013 07:23 AM

Re: 2015 Titan

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Originally Posted by Carbeaux
(Post 3146231)

With the Pathfinder, the decision was quite well thought out and it's paying off handsomely for Nissan. Like it or not. I don't believe they expect the new Titan to pad the bottom line to the extent they did with the Pathfinder. The Titan needs to be profitable, but decisions such as that made regarding the Pathfinder allow them to continue the Titan.

More to the point, I hope it doesn't take the lines of the NV. Taking the design language of the Pathy seems HIGHLY unlikely (they're in two different market segments), but the NV... :dunno:

good points. I guess what I meant was that the direction SUV's are going towards now are more like station wagons; not what I think of when I think of an SUV. just don't want to see the Titan turn into something it shouldn't be.

jdub1242

06-30-2013 07:31 AM

Re: 2015 Titan

There are very few cars or SUVs actually built on a frame anymore. It just isn't necessary with the unibody designs being stronger than they were just a few years ago. Trucks will always need the frames, its part of the basic design.
Tough to say what Nissan will do with the Titan. I'm surprised they still make the Frontier.

The Fronty can be viable if it goes on a diet and gets better on gas mileage. The lines between "small" trucks and full size trucks is so marginal that it confuses buyers. Price, mileage, size...they're just too similar. Think about the Ranger and it's death and why that happened.

OneQuick06

06-30-2013 07:35 AM

Re: 2015 Titan

The Frontier sells. It's good competition for the Tacoma.

919Titan

06-30-2013 07:57 AM

Re: 2015 Titan

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Originally Posted by Carbeaux
(Post 3146240)

The Fronty can be viable if it goes on a diet and gets better on gas mileage. The lines between "small" trucks and full size trucks is so marginal that it confuses buyers. Price, mileage, size...they're just too similar. Think about the Ranger and it's death and why that happened.

exactly. I almost bought a new frontier before the titan I have now. with rebates they equaled out to almost the same price and the difference in 3-4 mpg wasn't worth the smaller truck imo. with ford, im sure the ranger versus f-150 were similar and more people were opting for the latter.

I doubt it. A pickup, even a small/midsize one, needs a frame on body. That doesn't appear to be what you're seeing there. And even the Fronty uses 6 lug wheels, though it's probably overkill for a midsize truck.

And why redesign it with Tundra tails???

919Titan

07-05-2013 07:44 PM

Re: 2015 Titan

true. either way its fugly. I thought it might be seeing as how the old pathfinders and frontiers had similar fronts and maybe Nissan was sticking to that method is all.

Carbeaux

07-05-2013 07:53 PM

Re: 2015 Titan

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Originally Posted by 919Titan
(Post 3150608)

true. either way its fugly. I thought it might be seeing as how the old pathfinders and frontiers had similar fronts and maybe Nissan was sticking to that method is all.

And that's possible. Design language changes over time and the Pathy illustrates where Nissan is going with their manstream product(s). But now that Frontys and Pathys don't share a common underpinning and are targeted to markedly different demographics, they don't need to look the same.

So...I sure as Hell hope they don't wind up looking very similar. I buck the trend around here in that I actually like the new Pathy for it's segment. But I don't want to see it in Nissan's truck segment.